Takeda to acquire Envoy Therapeutics

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical's wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda America, and Envoy Therapeutics have entered into a ...Read more

Takeda drug gets positive CHMP opinion

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2012

Singapore: The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a...Read more

Abbott, Eisai receive approval to market Humira

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Abbott Japan and Eisai have received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market Hu...Read more

Daiichi develops antibody to prevent fracture

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's 24-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center phase III clinical trial ...Read more

Japan approves NDA for hyperlipidemia drug

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Oct, 2012

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved a new drug application (NDA) of Lotriga granu...Read more

Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare announces trial results of dolutegravir

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jul, 2012

Singapore: Initial results received from the phase III SINGLE (ING114467) study of Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare's investigat...Read more

What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

Japan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 4 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...Read more

FIPB clears seven pharma proposals, defers three

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 6 Comment | 08 Jul, 2013

Singapore: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared seven out of the ten investment proposals in the ph...Read more

Kyoto University gets patents for iPS cell technology

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 4 Comment | 11 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Kyoto University has been granted four patents relating to its basic iPS cell technology, one in Japan and th...Read more

Japanese MMA for Mitsubishi's diabetes drug

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Daiichi Sankyo have announced that Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has received approva...Read more

Astellas seeks to market enzalutamide in Europe

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma has submitted a European marketing authorization application to the European Medi...Read more

Daiichi seeks approval of Topotecin use in children

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has submitted a supplemental new drug application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Wel...Read more

Astellas invests $140 mn on expansion in the US

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Tokyo-based Astellas, a pharmaceutical company, is investing $140 million to locate its headquarters for the ...Read more

Google, Facebook, Apple launch 'Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences'

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Mr Sergey Brin (computer scientist and co-founder of Google), Ms Anne Wojcicki (American biologist, co-founde...Read more

New R&D center to advance rice research in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2013

Singapore: The agriculture ministry of Japan will set up a center to develop rice strains, using genetic studies, that a...Read more

Daiichi, Ranbaxy promote generics in Brazil

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2013

New Delhi: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy will work in synergy in Brazil to expand the business of both companies in the cou...Read more

Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2013

Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture an...Read more

Fujifilm opens new lens factory in Philippines

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Fujifilm Corporation has started full-scale operation of Fujifilm Optics Philippines in Laguna. The new compa...Read more